Clayton man arrested on drug charges in Glassboro

GLASSBORO — A Clayton man pulled over because a police officer knew the man’s driver’s license had been suspended was arrested on drug charges Wednesday.

Detective Mike Powell, in an unmarked police vehicle, reportedly spotted Gilbert Jones, also known as Gilbert Ferguson, 31, of Clayton driving a green minivan on Deptford Road in Glassboro at about 11:24 a.m., police said.

Powell, who reported that he also spotted an equipment violation on the van, called uniformed Ptl. Bruce Vigliotta, who attempted to make a car stop, said police.

Jones allegedly made a sudden turn onto Arthur Avenue in Elk Township, which is a dead-end road, police said.

Jones, who was bleeding from his mouth as he spoke to Vigliotta through the open driver’s side window, allegedly gave the officer a false name.

Vigliotta reported that he saw several bags of suspected crack cocaine lying in Jones’ lap.

Jones allegedly struggled with the officer as he was being arrested, said police. He allegedly dropped an additional bag of suspected crack from his hand during the struggle.

Jones allegedly had in his possession an unspecified amount of marijuana and 26 bags of suspected crack, police said.

He was charged with possession of crack cocaine, possession of a controlled dangerous substance with the intent to distribute, possession of CDS with the intent to distribute within 500 feet of a public park, possession of marijuana, providing false information to a police officer, failure to deliver CDS to a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest, said police.

Jones was committed to the Gloucester County Jail in Woodbury in default of $45,000 full cash bail, police said.